Political Economy, Socio-Economics and Development studies​University of Paris

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The PESED DATALAB is a collaborative (draft) project that is intended to uncover reachable and relevant data in different fields and various institutional contexts, helping students to develop their postgraduate projects like Master's thesis or Master's research/data analyst internships. Facilitating data exploration, analysis and visualization, the PESED DATALAB constitutes an original and amazing virtual space for students who consider the embeddedness of economic life (behaviours, actions, outcomes) in social, institutionnal and political life (structures, organizations, networks, communities...).

Using available data resources, the PESED DATALAB is dedicated to apply plural and 'non-orthodox' economics approaches in order to provide original empirical evidences in divers contexts (particularly in Emerging and Developing countries, but not only), answering to socio-economics, institutional and political economy complex issues.

The PESED DATALAB is an open and cooperative space for anyone in social sciences, other datasets and qualitative data will be frequently uploaded.

How to use datasets​​Each dataset on this page is free. To download specific microdata, we need an explicit request before sending you an active link.

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April 2020-How does COVID19 pandemia reveal multiple current capitalism crisis?

​Using Johns Hopkins University - Coronavirus Resource Center daily updated data (https://coronavirus.jhu.edu), I made R scripts to follow SARS-COV2 and COVID19 disease in Europe, US and Latin America. Find here some COVID19 data visualizations articulated with non-academic articles explaining how and why this international pandemia hits unequal social structures (exacerbating deepest socio-economic and spatial inequalities) and neoliberal policies (highlighting harmful effects of austerity and New Public Management in the last decades, particularly in the public health sector).

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary"After the 2008 financial crisis, we learned the hard way what happens when governments flood the economy with unconditional liquidity, rather than laying the foundation for a sustainable and inclusive recovery. Now that an even more severe crisis is underway, we must not repeat the same mistake."​ ​

COVID19 hits the dual economy(03/26/2020):

https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives"This note presents broad brush illustrations from a simple accounting model of the impacts of the coronavirus epidemic on macroeconomic balance, with emphasis on fiscal interventions. The premise is that supporting effective demand is essential for sustaining economic activity. The covid-19 epidemic created mass unemployment by shutting activity down. The resulting income loss undoubtedly reduced household consumption which makes up two-thirds of GDP. The only way to restore consumption is for the government acting as the “borrower of last resort” to raise its deficit and transfer the proceeds to households. A numerical example presented below suggests that an increase of ten percentage points in the ratio of government net borrowing (spending on goods and services plus transfers to households minus tax revenues) to GDP would do the trick."

Impact of COVID-19 on the economy (03/26/2020):

https://www.youtube.com/watchColumbia Business School hosted a discussion with Glenn Hubbard and Joseph Stiglitz, moderated by Anthony Villamagna, on the economic upheaval caused by the COVID-19 epidemic.

COVID19 in ​US States (05/07/2020)

COVID19 in US States "Why coronavirus could hit rural areas harder" (03/24/2020):

https://lernercenter.syr.edu"As rates of coronavirus (COVID-19) infection and death continue to rise, it is important to consider how rural areas may be differentially affected. On the one hand, rural parts of the U.S. may be comparatively better off than urban places due to lower population density in rural areas. Lower population density reduces opportunities for virus spread. On the other hand, there are several features of rural populations and places that increase their risk of coronavirus-related mortality and other long-term health impacts."

COVID19 in US States "Staying at home is a luxury" (04/03/2020):

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive"It has been about two weeks since the Illinois governor ordered residents to stay at home, but nothing has changed about Adarra Benjamin’s responsibilities. She gets on a bus nearly every morning in Chicago, traveling 20 miles round trip some days to cook, clean and shop for her clients, who are older or have health problems that make such tasks difficult. In cities across America, many lower-income workers continue to move around, while those who make more money are staying home and limiting their exposure to the coronavirus, according to smartphone location data."​ ​

COVID19 in ​Latin America (05/07/2020)

COVID19 is articulating a multiple crisis process in Latin American countries (03/30/2020):

​DataBank is an analysis and visualisation tool that contains collections of time series data on a variety of topics. You can create your own queries; generate tables, charts, and maps; and easily save, embed, and share them.

​ECLAC has developed a number of information systems related to economic and social development in the Latin American and Caribbean region. These systems are available for governments and institutions of the region through direct request to the corresponding divisions. REDATAM 7 creates and processes hierarchical databases from censuses, surveys, vital statistics and other sources for local, regional, and national analyses; produces thematic maps.

​Explore a snapshot of key development indicators for a country related to its macroeconomic profile, global integration, and social outlook. Compare the indicator value for each country with the regional average.